Helpful Tips for Launching and Retrieving Your Boat

1/24/2012 7:54:44 PM

 If you’re new to boating, you should know that there are a few unwritten rules. Several of them pertain to the way you put your boat into the water from a trailer and the way you take it out. They are time-tested and absolutely guaranteed to make sure you’re one of the “good guys” out of the hordes of Saturday fun-seekers lined up on the boat ramp trying to get out on the water.

Reports Show E15 Damage in Marine Engines

10/26/2011 1:07:48 PM

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently released the results of two studies on the effects of using fuel that is 15 percent ethanol in volume in marine engines, and the reports showed significant problems with outboard, sterndrive and inboard engines, the National Marine Manufacturers Association reported. 

Rome Boat Launch Oct. 14

10/13/2011 6:44:15 PM

WHAT: Dedication of new canoe and kayak launch at the Rome Harbor on the Erie Canal.

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, 2011.

WHERE: Mill Street and Harborway, Rome, N.Y. Driving directions are below.

WHO: Rome Mayor James F. Brown and other officials, including NYS Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Diane Shoemaker (315) 339-7643

or NYS Canals, Office of Public Affairs (518) 436-2983

DIRECTIONS: From I-90 westbound: Exit 32 (Westmoreland, Rome); right on Route 233, toward Rome; cross Route 69; right at traffic light to Mill Street; cross Mill Street Bridge; first left to Bellamy Harbor Park parking area.

From I-90 eastbound: Exit 33 (Verona, Rome); Route 365 toward Verona/Rome; keep left at the for and merger onto South James Street; right at Martin Street; pass the Rome Train Station; at the traffic light, turn left to Mill Street; cross Mill Street Bridge; first left to Bellamy Harbor Park parking area.

Backwoods Angler TV visits Oneida Lake this week on Versus / NBC Sports - Monday at 7:30am!

10/13/2011 6:43:21 PM

 Backwoods Angler TV is a new reality fishing show on the Versus Channel / NBC Sports Network.

Damage to Eastern Erie Canal

9/15/2011 6:09:42 PM

 ALBANY, NY (09/13/2011) (readMedia)--
Brian U. Stratton, director of the New York State Canal Corporation, today issued this statement:

"The Canal Corporation hopes to announce within a few days whether the eastern Erie Canal can re-open this navigation season. Not until the waters recede more can we assess the true extent of damages to Canal facilities and more accurately estimate when the Canal will re-open. The regular navigation season is scheduled to end Nov. 15."

Lawsuit Seeks to Block E15

12/20/2010 2:53:30 PM

The National Marine Manufacturers Association and several other groups today filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging an Oct. 13 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to partially approve E15 for a subset of on-highway motor vehicles.

UPDATE: E15 decision excludes marine engines

12/6/2010 5:43:41 PM

The Environmental Protection Agency today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model-year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks.

New Yorkers make 2010 Discover Clean & Safe Boating Pledge

12/5/2010 5:44:11 PM

Oswego, NY - New York Sea Grant, the Boating Industries Association of Upstate NY, and Marathon Boat Group have announced that more than 1,400 New York residents from Clayton and Oswego to Skaneateles, Seneca Falls and Syracuse have taken the Clean and Safe Boating Pledge in 2010, and thousands more were exposed to good boating practices by the 2500-plus mile February-September campaign.

MRAA Asks Dealers to Ask President to Say NO to Untested E15

12/1/2010 5:44:34 PM

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to decide on usage of an E15 ethanol standard. This decision is expected to come later this month or early next month. MRAA asks dealers to contact the White House by visiting the www.FollowTheScience.org Website to write an email to the President requesting that he urge the EPA to test all gasoline powered engines, including marine engines before allowing universal E15 in the marketplace.

Saltwater Fishing Tax Would Sink New York's Recreational Fishing Community

1/27/2010 5:45:13 PM

Albany, NY - January 27, 2009 - When New York Governor David Paterson unveiled his 2009 Executive Budget, many New Yorkers couldn't help but snicker at such belt-tightening proposals as the 15% "obesity tax" on non-diet drinks.  For the recreational fishing and boating industry however, particularly a new coalition called Save Boating and Fishing Jobs in New York, the sweeping set of new taxes levied at their "active" tourism industry in New York is no laughing matter.